Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797, Britishafter Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Title:
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Line-engraving and etching, published state
Dimensions:
Plate: 16 3/4 x 23 1/4in. (42.5 x 59.1cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Engraved inscriptions: Below image at left, "Benj. West prixit."; below "WILLIAM PENN'S Treaty with the INDIANS, when he Founded the PROVINCE of PENNSYLVANIA in NORTH AMERICA 1681."; below, "To the Proprietories of the Province of Pennsylvania, &c. &c."; below, "This PRINT, Engraved from the Original Painting belonging to the late Thomas Penn Esquire."; below, "Is respectfully Inscribed by Their obidient humble Servant."; below, "JOHN BOYDELL."; below, "Published June 12th 1775 by JOHN BOYDELL Engraver in Cheapside London."; below image at right, "John Hall Sculpsit."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14497
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)